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T. JAOOBY.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TILGHMAN JAGOBY, OF ALLENTOVVN, PENNSYLVANIA.

TUG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 311,989, dated February10, 1885.

Application filed August 18, 1884.

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, TILGHMAN J ACOBY, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Allentown, Pennsylvania, have invented certainImprovements in Harness-Tags, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to harnesstugs having meta-l loops for thereception of the shaft or trace; and the main object of my invention isto provide a ready means ofconnecting a buckle to the upper portion ofsaid loop, a further object being to secure a ring to the lowerprojecting portion of the loop. These objects I attain in the followingmanner, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure l is a longitudinal section of a harness-tug constructed inaccordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a transverse section of part ofthe same on the line 1 2; and Fig. 3 a perspective view showing parts ofthe tug detached from each other to illustrate their construction.

A is a loop, preferably of metal, having in the upper portion atransverse dovetailed recess, a, adapted for the reception of dovetailedprojections b on a pair of blocks, B B, said projections having formedtherein recesses d, for the reception of the lower bar, 6, of a buckle,D, the tongue f of which occupies a position between the two blocks, andis laterally confined thereby, the blocks occupying positions betweensaid tongue and the outer legs, ii, of the buckle.

At the bottom of the loop A is a projection, g, to which a ring, F, issecured by a metal strip, h. A strap, G, passes around this projection,and thence around the loop A and over the tops of the blocks B B, thestrap fitting between the vertical legs t t' of the buckle, and having acentral slot, m, for the reception of the tongue f, so that when thestrap is secured by means of the rivet n the buckle D and ring F will befirmly connected to the loop, while free to swing thereon to thenecessary extent. The buckle D serves as a means of suspending the tugfrom the saddle-strap J, the end of which below the buckle passes (N0model.)

through a side loop, 19, secured to the loop A by strap G, and thencethrough the ring F at the lower endof the loop. In the upper portion ofthe loop Ais a longitudinal recess, .9, which communicates with therecess a, and serves as a means of readily introducing the tongue f ofthe buckle into or removing it from its place without disturbing any ofthe other parts of the buckle or of its retainer, all that is necessaryto effect such introduction or removal being to turn the buckle down toa horizontal position, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, so thatthe open loop at the lower end of the tongue f can be slipped from thebar 6 of the buckle and into the recess 3,

from which it can be readily lifted through the slot m of theconfining-strap G, the reintroduction of the finger being readilyeffected by a reversal of the operation. The accidental detaching of thefinger when the tug is in use is impossible, however, owing to the factthat in such case the buckle never assumes the horizontal positionshown.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination oftheloop A, the buckle D,having a finger, f, the blocks B B, and the confining-strap G, having aslot, m, as set forth.

2. The combination of the loop A, having a dovetailed recess, a, theblocks B B, having dovetailed projections b and recesses d, the buckleD, having a tongue, f, and the confining-strap G, having a slot, m, asspecified.

3. The combination of the loop A, having recesses a and s, the buckle D,having a detachable-tongue, f, confining-blocks B B, and the strap G,having a slot, m, as specified.

4. The combination of the loop A, having a projection, g, the ring F,the strip h, the outer pionfining-strap, G, and the rivet n, as speci-In testimony whereofl have signed my name TILGHMAN JACOBY.

\Vitnesses:

O. M. MERTZ, H. E. Bone.

